Society for the Preservation of Downtown Los Angeles, also known as SP-DTLA, is a 501(c)(3) organization that advocates what it characterizes as responsible and respectful development around and among Downtown Los Angeles' historic structures. SP-DTLA supports development with a positive impact on the designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Downtown Los Angeles, especially those in the Historic Core.Curbed Los Angeles. New Downtown LA Tower Would Block Views of Historic Eastern Columbia ClockLos Angeles Times. Saving the View
SP-DTLA supports viewshed protection National Trust for Historic Preservation - APPROACHES TO VIEWSHED PROTECTI0N AROUND THE COUNTRYSeattle designated individual sites, buildings, vehicles, vessels, and street clocks as landmarks subject to protection by city ordinanceProtecting views makes sense from every angleSacramento City Code 17.216.860 C-3 zone—Capitol view protection requirementsCapitol View CorridorsHistoric Overlay DistrictsHistoric Overlay District Design GuidelinesPRINCETON TOWNSHIP HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AND AMENDMENTS and a "zone of respect" around preserved buildings.SENSE OF PLACE: DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS pg. 29A 'Zone Of Respect' For City HallHeight Master Plan For Washington, DC Case Study Research pgs. 15 & 18Los Angeles Office of Historic ResourcesLos Angeles County Historic Preservation
SP-DTLA's particular focus is on the seven by four block area (3rd to Olympic Streets and Hill to Main Streets), which includes the Broadway Theater District.
Current Causes
SP-DTLA is best known for its opposition to the Alexan South Broadway project in proximity to the 1930 Eastern Columbia Building and its landmark clock.Alice Walton, "Newsletter", Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2015."New Downtown LA Tower Would Block Views of Historic Eastern Columbia Clock", Curbed Los Angeles, September 30, 2015. The group is also opposing two other downtown projects which they argue have a height and mass out of scale with the character of the adjacent historic buildings.Hillel Aron, "Will Three Proposed Skyscrapers Harm the Character of DTLA's Historic Core?", LA Weekly, June 1, 2016.
References
External links SP-DTLA Facebook Page